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Persons engaged, wages paid, and operating units, Alaska halibut industry, 1931 



Products of the Alaska halibut fishery in 1931 



' Includes 52,417 pounds of frozen fillets, valued at $4,718. 

 > 17 cases (48 ^-pound cans to the case). 



COD 



The number of independent jfishermen engaged in cod-fishing opera- 

 tions from shore stations in Alaska in 1931 was somewhat larger than 

 in the preceding year, and the output also show^ed a considerable 

 increase. In the offshore fishery, on the other hand, there was a 

 marked curtailment of fishing effort, only four schooners being sent to 

 Bering Sea, as compared with eight in 1930. These vessels were the 

 C. A. Thayer (390 tons) operated by the Pacific Coast Codfish Co., 

 the Wawona (413 tons) by the Robinson Fisheries Co., and the Louise 

 (328 tons) and William H. Smith (496 tons) by the Union Fish Co. 

 The products of the offshore fishery are not included in the following 

 table because the vessels operate from and land their fares in ports of 

 the Pacific Coast States. 



There were 47 persons engaged in the cod fishery in 1931 — 6 more 

 than in 1930. Operations were again centered in the Shumagin 

 Islands region. Products aggregated 414,898 pounds valued at 

 $23,650, as compared with 322,237 pounds valued at $16,789 in 1930. 

 Products of the offshore fishery consisted of 3,352,011 pounds of dry- 

 salted cod valued at $220,129, as against 5,963,204 pounds valued at 

 $302,118 in 1930. The offshore fishery employed 147 persons, or 

 122 less than in the previous year. 



